Elfsight Telegram Chat CC: A security weakness
Elfsight Telegram Chat CC is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Elfsight Telegram Chat CC
- Plugin slug
elfsight-telegram-chat-cc- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Nov 18, 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Nov 18, 2024 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Elfsight Telegram Chat CC to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Elfsight Telegram Chat CC plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data to a missing capability check on the 'updatePreferences' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N